Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-11-20
DAILY HERALD.
DRAW POKER.


4 scientific Investigation of Its
Developments.
The following from an English
paper shows the deep interest in draw
poker created in the British mind by
Minister Schenk's, exploits in this
industry. during his stay at the Court
of St. James.
Ever since General Schenck's adj
mirable treatise brought it prominent
" into notice sarans have been en-
deavoring to prove that draw poker is
Justly entitled to consideration as one
Of the exact sciences, beautifully gov
erned by strictest mathematical law,
instead of being merely one Of the &C.
centric and ruleless recreations Incl
dent to American leisure. Their eff
forts, however, seem to be attended by
many complex difficulties. Having
been appointed q committee to investi-
gate some interesting experiments ex-
planned in recent paper by Professor
Dana on the Correlation of Blind and
Straddle," Professors Huxley, Darwin
and Tyndall pursued their researches
from 7:3O P. NJ. one Saturday until
11:l5 A. M. Sunday, and Professor
Huxley, the chairman, reported as
follows:
.sYour committee, after arduous la
Dor and great expense, find that while
the Dana theory of Elevation OF Strad-
dles,' as contained in his paper, is
correct in the premises, 1t Is some
times disastr ously fallacious IN the
conclusion. One of the experiments
tried by your committee proved this,
"a follows: The senior hand, gov
erned by myself, consisted before the
draw of one stratum OF ensangulned
Jacks. one stratum of sable queens,
and one accidental but worthless dia-
mond-almost as valuable formation
n that instanced by Professor Dana.
The sub-senior hand, engineered by
Professor Tyndall, was nearly homo
geneous with small spades, the beau.
fiful continuity being only bobtalled
at one end by healthy but ineftica-
cious heart. The junior hand, under
the management OF Professor Darwin,
consisted before the draw. as he states,
of one thin stratum OF deuces, with three
substrata OF detritus-an eight, q four.
and six of assorted suits. PROBES
sors Tyndall and Darwin having duly
entered, generously uplifted the
revenue to the extent of the limit,
which in our case was &10. In this
Professor Tyndall readily acceded
Professor Darwin demurred for sew
eral minutes, arranged and re-arrang-
ed his strata in an uncertain and, as
we thought, nervous manner, but
finally concluded his meditation, and
contributed quite handsome fossil
collection towards the general centre.
To me he then dealt one sub-stratum,
to Professor Tyndall one, and to him
self three. Applying myself to the
taxidermist's art, l soon discovered
that my formation of Jacks had been
wonderfully enriched, the triple strata
of which even now, resting upon my
stratum of queens, quite filed my
hand. Professor Tyndall then, after
examining his newly-acquired stratum
with evidences of suppressed emotion,
advanced one fossil, to the value of
E2. Professor Darwin took piano.
ramic view of his strata. and neatly
covered that, and to my great delight,
added smaller fossil to the value
of 10 shillings. l promptly COW
cred both deposits and then
proceeded to hoist Professor
Darwin to the extent of e10. Still
further to my delight Professor Tyn-
dali elevated me in like ratio. l nat
urally feared that now Professor OAR
win would retire. So did Professor
Tyndall, who half regretted having
put on so aggressive front to his
usually timid friend. But to our i'm
mense satisfaction Professor Darwin,
after again reviewing his strata to see
If they were all there, not only nimbly
assembled Professor Tyndall's eleva-
ton, but capped it, as before, with 10
shillings. Rejoicing secretly in the
wisdom Of the Dana theory, but with
an artful stimulation of hesitation de-
signed to encourage my fellow investi-
gators, l again climbed over both
precipitous heaps to the extent of el0.
Then began contest which now
comes to me like blurred and hid
eous dream. Professor Tyndall leaped
over me, Professor Darwin hoped
over him, and turned sommersaults
over Professor Darwin, until not only
was my entire fossil collection, my
pocket portfolio of engraved portraits
Of government celebrities and cheques
for half the sum of my accumulations
in the East India Bank heaped on the
pile, with PROBE .sor Tyndall's watch
and eyeglasses and fine polariscope
and collar-buttons, together with his
seal ring, a mortgage on his house,
an order for seven months advance
salary as secretary of your honorable
body, and a transfer order for two
thirds OF his registered consols, but
also drafts from Professor Darwin
upon his publisher for the entire gross
receipts of q new edition of the
descent Of Man and a corrected re-
vision of the Origin of Species" with
a clear deed of the copyright of a book
now in preparation. l now naturally
began to fear lest my zeal should
blight the future of my two friends,
especially that OF Professor Darwin,
whose acquaintance with the science
under discussion was but limited at
best, and who, I felt quite certain,
merely persevered through a gentle
manly spirit of accommodation. But
as Prof. Tyndall continued his muscular
exercise in boosting my ventures, and
as Professor Darwin would each time
mildly encourage him with 10 shil
ling prod. still continued. Finally,
when my overcoat and Professor Tyn-
dall's rubber goloshes and Professor
Darwin's telescope hat had been add
ed to the heap on the extra table
brought in to hold the increasing pile,
the hands were called all round, Pro-
lessor Darwin alphabetically saying
that he called simply because he had
nothing more to bet but his sleeve
buttons, which were birthday pres
emit from his wife. Upon the call l
looked at Professor Tyndall. Profess
sor Tyndall looked at Professor Oar
win. and Professor Darwin looked at